Flight deck audio and police video are providing a new look into the night when off-duty airline pilot Joseph Emerson tried to turn off the engines of an Alaska Airlines regional jet while allegedly feeling the effects of so-called "magic mushrooms" he'd eaten two days earlier.
Video, obtained by CBS News from local prosecutors in Portland, Oregon, gives the first glimpse of airport security camera footage that shows police walking Emerson off the plane in handcuffs after the flight made an emergency landing in Portland in October 2023.
The prosecution's files also contained flight deck audio of the moment the incident happened.
"I'm not OK," Emerson says, which the pilot misheard, prompting him to ask, "You're OK?"
Emerson repeats, "I'm not OK."
The pilot asks what's wrong,

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